What it means to be Jewish in the U.S. has changed since the early days of Jewish comics on the Borscht Belt. We’ve assimilated, spread out across the country and the accent is fading away. You have ...

Heard the one about the Jewish stand-up comedian helping the Germans laugh about the Nazis? In 2022, American Raanan Hershberg opened for Louis CK on his European tour, and found the German audiences ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rachel Creeger said the shows that had been cancelled were not political (BBC) Two Jewish comedians have claimed their shows have ...

Before there was The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, there was a long history of Jewish female comedians, standing up and speaking out. Although stand-up comedy is often described as a “boy’s club,” the truth ...

Jewish comedian and actress Sandra Bernhard has been cast in the upcoming fourth season of The White Lotus, the Emmy-winning HBO dark comedy created by Mike White.

On stage on Sunday, Sept. 7, at the Jewish Theological Seminary, the comedian Alex Edelman told a Jewish joke that he said he once read in an academic journal. It essentially goes like this: A man ...

Jewish comedians due to perform at Edinburgh Fringe have had their shows cancelled due to bar staff having 'safety concerns'. Rachel Creeger and Philip Simon were due to perform at the Whistlebinkies ...

Comedian Gibran Saleem had never met a Jewish person until starting his graduate studies at New York University more than a decade ago. The child of Pakistani immigrants, Saleem was raised in a Muslim ...

Introduction : the world of Jewish comedians -- 1. The golden door and the velvet curtain, 1890-1930 -- 1. The land of hope and tears : comedians and immigrant America -- 2. Curtain up and curtain ...

Two Jewish comedians have claimed their shows have been cancelled on the Edinburgh Fringe this year because of “safety concerns” from staff at the venue. Rachel Creeger was set to perform her show ...